Day 92 - Helping Others and Learning Too! - Mrs. Visocchi - Pine Glen Grade 4

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For the past few weeks, the 4th Graders of 207 have been helping out younger students in various ways. 

"Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?"

We visited our Kindergarten Buddies in Mrs. Parnell's room to do some snowman activities.  First, we did a Snowman Glyph to learn some similarities and differences between the fourth graders and the kindergartners.  Then we drew snowmen based on the information from the glyph on our iPads using Drawing Pad.  As a class, we created a graph of our data and compared the 4th-grade information with the Kindergarten information.  Finally, we went outside and worked on our problem-solving skills, communication and compromising as we made snowmen in the snow.  "We learned a lot and had fun too," said a 207er.

"Aw, We're Halfway There!"

Today is day 90, halfway through the school year.  To help Miss Varrell's second graders celebrate, we helped them learn about symmetry by finding items that are symmetrical by cutting them in half.  We brainstormed a bunch of shapes and items in our world around us that are symmetrical.  Next, we drew them and cut them in half to prove that they have a line of symmetry.  We made headbands and necklaces that portrayed some of the amazing symmetrical objects.  This will help us as we move into our fraction units in the next few weeks.  The 207ers had fun "being teachers" they said and clearly, you can tell a great time was had by all!

Day 179 - LegoLand! - Mrs. Visocchi - Pine Glen Grade 4

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What an absolutely awesome way to end the year!  The 4th graders of 207 had an amazing time at LegoLand!  We went on rides, watched a 4D movie, and used our engineering skills to create a Merry-Go-Round in our workshop.  The fourth-grade teachers had a great time and were so proud of all of the students for dong a great job.

Let us in!!!

Building cars for the test track.

Matt's car went flying!!!

Mia and Megan wait for the Flyer ride.

Testing their creations, Akash, Alex and Nehemiah are ready to go!

Farhana and Anjali use teamwork to build their Merry-Go-Round.

We are awesome!

Will Aaron's creation be able to withstand an earthquake?

Brady concentrates on his tower.

An interactive Fenway Park Lego creation!

Following the directions to build.

Matt and Tyler are held by a Lego wizard.

Mrs. Visocchi and Nehemiah worked together. Okay, Mrs. Visocchi turned the pages, while master builder, Nehemiah, showed off his building skills!

Nora and Megan are all smiles as they figure out how many rotations the gear takes.

Chloe takes on a new persona!